Thought you might be interested to know of some recent and very interesting developments in the use of digital multimedia in higher education in marine science. Dr. Dave Johnston from Duke University is spearheading the development and expansion of a remarkable digital texbook called “Cachalot.” This is a free, open-source interactive software appliation that uses the iPad. It is regularly updated to integrate new information and provides photo, video, and audio multimedia information to supplement text.
For more information on CACHALOT and to download the app, go to: http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/cachalot/id458866319
To read more about this remarkable new capability, see the recent feature artcle on it in WIRED: http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2012/01/flow-digital-textbooks/